Patents by Inventor Norio Wakatsuki

Norio Wakatsuki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10582197
    Abstract: Efficient editing is enabled when a video material encoded as an interlaced signal is mixed during editing. A first video signal in a progressive mode is obtained. This first video signal is encoded. The first video signal or a second video signal obtained by reducing resolution and/or a frame rate of the first video signal is converted to an interlaced signal from a progressive signal such that a third video signal is obtained. The third video signal is encoded. Encoded data of the first video signal and encoded data of the third video signal are recorded to a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 10331320
    Abstract: [Object] To make a preferable operation possible with a simple structure that does not require an operation member with a complicated mechanism. [Solving Means] A display process of displaying a setting screen for setting one of an adjustment position and a numerical value on the basis of a user operation and a control process of changing one of the adjustment position and the numerical value depending on a change of a position of a knob by the user operation on the setting screen displayed in the display process are included. In the display process, the knob that is moved on the slider by the user operation is displayed, and the position of the knob is set as a default position on the slider, when the user operation is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Sudo, Tsutomu Shimosato, Norio Wakatsuki, Katsuhiko Aihara, Takuji Moriya
  • Publication number: 20170201748
    Abstract: Efficient editing is enabled when a video material encoded as an interlaced signal is mixed during editing. A first video signal in a progressive mode is obtained. This first video signal is encoded. The first video signal or a second video signal obtained by reducing resolution and/or a frame rate of the first video signal is converted to an interlaced signal from a progressive signal such that a third video signal is obtained. The third video signal is encoded. Encoded data of the first video signal and encoded data of the third video signal are recorded to a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: NORIO WAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20150227303
    Abstract: [Object] To make a preferable operation possible with a simple structure that does not require an operation member with a complicated mechanism. [Solving Means] A display process of displaying a setting screen for setting one of an adjustment position and a numerical value on the basis of a user operation and a control process of changing one of the adjustment position and the numerical value depending on a change of a position of a knob by the user operation on the setting screen displayed in the display process are included. In the display process, the knob that is moved on the slider by the user operation is displayed, and the position of the knob is set as a default position on the slider, when the user operation is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Sudo, Tsutomu Shimosato, Norio Wakatsuki, Katsuhiko Aihara, Takuji Moriya
  • Patent number: 8718148
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a computation block configured, so as to make an error of a VBV occupation amount of a VBV occupation amount target picture next to base data that is variable-length encoded data to be replaced by replacing data greater than an actual value, to compute the VBV occupation amount of the VBV occupation amount target picture from a VBV delay of the VBV occupation amount target picture; and an encoding block configured to variable-length encode the replacing data on the basis of the VBV occupation amount of the VBV occupation amount target picture computed by the computation block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Kanamori, Norio Wakatsuki, Mamoru Ueda, Shinpei Ikegami
  • Patent number: 8630533
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus; overwriting data used for insertion editing on base data, which is segmented into each picture including data having a predetermined unit of data amount X, and includes variable-length encoded real data, is variable-length encoded; each picture is sequentially obtained as a target picture, and regarding the target picture, if an amount of the overwriting data is equal to X, the overwriting data is handled as insertion data as it is, otherwise, insertion data is created by adding stuffing data to the overwriting data so that the amount of the overwriting data can be equal to X; a filler having the same amount as a filler of the base data is added to the insertion data having the same total amount as the real data; and the resultant insertion data is added onto the base data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Ido, Naohiro Kanamori, Tetsuya Makabe, Norio Wakatsuki, Tadashi Fujiwara, Shinpei Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20130279872
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a buffer unit that accumulates input stream data; a file recording processing unit that records a file of the stream data which is accumulated in the buffer unit and management information which is used to manage the file in a recording medium; a buffer monitoring unit that monitors a free space of the buffer unit; and a file system control unit that controls time that updates the management information using the file recording processing unit based on the free space of the buffer unit which is notified by the buffer monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimosato, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20110222606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a computation block configured, so as to make an error of a VBV occupation amount of a VBV occupation amount target picture next to base data that is variable-length encoded data to be replaced by replacing data greater than an actual value, to compute the VBV occupation amount of the VBV occupation amount target picture from a VBV delay of the VBV occupation amount target picture; and an encoding block configured to variable-length encode the replacing data on the basis of the VBV occupation amount of the VBV occupation amount target picture computed by the computation block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Naohiro KANAMORI, Norio Wakatsuki, Mamoru Ueda, Shinpei Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20110019973
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus; overwriting data used for insertion editing on base data, which is segmented into each picture including data having a predetermined unit of data amount X, and includes variable-length encoded real data, is variable-length encoded; each picture is sequentially obtained as a target picture, and regarding the target picture, if an amount of the overwriting data is equal to X, the overwriting data is handled as insertion data as it is, otherwise, insertion data is created by adding stuffing data to the overwriting data so that the amount of the overwriting data can be equal to X; a filler having the same amount as a filler of the base data is added to the insertion data having the same total amount as the real data; and the resultant insertion data is added onto the base data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuo IDO, Naohiro Kanamori, Tetsuya Makabe, Norio Wakatsuki, Tadashi Fujiwara, Shinpei Ikegami
  • Patent number: 7769053
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20070143784
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7113523
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7085381
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7082197
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7072471
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7072472
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 7023992
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 6970564
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20050259821
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20050232419
    Abstract: In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a pay broadcast system, a program transmission method, a conditional access system, and a data reception device according to the present invention, by generating a scramble key Ks corresponding to one or more data elements among the plurality of data elements constituting a program and by scrambling each data element, an audience can subscribe for each data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubota, Norio Wakatsuki